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Abolitionist: A person who fights against slavery.

Boycott: A form of protest in which a group refuses to buy goods or services in order to force a company to change things they disagree with.

Civil War: A war that the Confederacy (Southern part of the U.S.) fought against the Union (Northern part of the U.S.) from 1861-1865.

Confederacy: The government in the South during the Civil War.

Confederate: The army in the South during the Civil War.

Constitutional: Legal according to the Constitution.

CORE: (Congress Of Racial Equality) A group that works for equal rights, quality education, and economic and political opportunities for Blacks.

Desegregate: Allow Blacks and Whites to live, work, go to school, eat, ride the bus, and use facilities together as equals.

Discrimination: Treating people differently because of their gender, race, or religion.

Fugitive Slave Act: The Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 provided harsh punishments for people who helped slaves run away.  It also forced people living in free states to return run-away slaves to their owners.

Integration: To allow Blacks and Whites to live, work, go to school, eat, ride the bus, and use any facilities together as equals.

Jim Crow Laws: Laws that kept black people from being treated as equals to Whites.

Mob: A large disorderly group of people.

NAACP: (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) A group that works to end discrimination against Blacks and other minority groups.

Non-violence: Going against violence.

Prejudice: Hatred of a particular group, race, or religion.

Quaker: A Christian group founded in England about 1650, which opposes violence, slavery, and war.

Reconstruction: A process which helped the Southern states reorganize after the Civil War.

SCLC: (Southern Christian Leadership Conference) A group that works to gain equal rights for Black Americans and other minority groups through non-violent civil protests and community development programs.

Segregate: Separate people because of differences of religion, race, gender, culture, or wealth.

Sit-in: A form of protest in which groups of people enter and remain seated for a long period of time in a public place.

SNCC: (Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee) A group that organized peaceful protests and demonstrations to speed desegregation in the Southern United States.

Secession: Breaking away from the rest of the country.

Union: The army in the Northern states during the Civil War.

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